Category: Florida News

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida insurers’ fees to affiliates questioned Consumer advocates call for more scrutiny as insurers report losses and request rate hikes Florida property insurers are pressing state legislators …

The Miami Herald published this article on March 29, 2010. The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says it’s time Tallahassee politicians ensure a robust private property insurance market to avoid a financial disaster if a …

    Recent media coverage relating to insurance company financial reporting is reprinted below.  Letters to the Editor written by various insurance company representatives are also included.   Florida Today:  March 23 Our views: Don’t deregulate A bad property insurance bill …

Following are news articles published on March 28 and 29, 2010 on issues relating to payment of fees by Florida insurance companies to affiliates: Florida insurers’ fees to affiliates questioned Consumer advocates call for more scrutiny as insurers report losses and request …

    Effective responses to dire situations often require bold actions that would be unthinkable in calmer times. So it was in the financial crisis, when central banks undertook extraordinary monetary policy measures and governments made major financial firms wards …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida Hurricane Insurer Offers $2 Billion of Tax-Exempt Bonds Florida’s government-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp., bracing for an “above-normal” hurricane season, plans to sell $2 billion in …

Above:  State Representative Pat Patterson, right, confers with Florida House Speaker Larry Cretul in the Legislature.  Representative Patterson’s attempt to introduce a provision that would require insurance company owners to report their entire profits was voted down on March 25 by the House Insurance, …

The Miami Herald published this article on March 26, 2010. BY CRISTINA SILVA Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE — It’s the final deadline to hear new bills in the House, making for a robust platter of legislation that should slow down …

  Following is a listing of insurance-related Florida legislative and regulatory events for the week of March 29-April 2, 2010: Note:  All times are Eastern Standard Time.  Additional information is available via hyperlink were noted in bold type.   FLORIDA …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Crist and Senate at odds over insurance rate bill A Senate panel voted on Wednesday to let property insurers raise their rates without approval from regulators, despite …